Chapter 3 Miss Fang's Family
It was just dawn, and the rooster had not yet crowed. Luo Yao had already gotten up from the quilt, the thin futon really couldn't keep the heat, dressed in a simple beige linen clothes, tied a low ponytail, the two strands of long hair on the sideburns that just reached the chin slowly fell, put on a pair of black cloth shoes, walked out of the courtyard gate, and ran circles around Aunt Wang's hut.
As early as 20 days ago, Luo Yao's health was already very good, and in order to take care of this body, he insisted on running in the morning for more than 20 consecutive days.
As soon as I ran two laps, I hit the mold.
Luo Yao, who was in a good mood, met Li Ergen, a well-known scoundrel in the village, Li Ergen is a person who is proficient in stealing chickens and dogs, and fighting and fighting. Listening to the Miao matchmaker in the village, Li Ergen often pestered her to find him a daughter-in-law, and he didn't look in the mirror to see what he looked like. Since I saw Luo Yao who followed Aunt Wang to the town to sell dried herbs a few days ago, he wandered around the village every day without anything.
Li Ergen saw Luo Yao with sharp eyes.
And sprinted forward to block the road ahead.
Luo Yao glanced at him, turned around and returned to the courtyard of Aunt Wang's house.
Li Ergen looked at the big wooden door that Luo Yao was about to close the hospital, and hurriedly supported it with his hands.
"Get out. As soon as the words came out, he raised his foot and kicked his crotch.
Luo Yao didn't want to look at Li Ergen's disgusting face, and took advantage of the hospitalized door to ignore the ghost crying wolf howl outside the door, as well as the cruel words that were not threatening.
"Xiao Yao, come and wipe your sweat, see that your body is wet. Aunt Wang had just finished washing up from the inner room, and saw Luo Yao, who had stepped through the door, holding a hot towel and gently wiping her childish face that was flushed.
"I'm tired, auntie. Luo Yao smiled and thanked the eldest lady.
"Xiao Yao, I just heard someone talking outside the courtyard, nothing happened. ”
Uncle Wang walked out of the kitchen with breakfast and asked quietly.
"It's okay, the wild dogs in the village are just barking, let's eat first, aren't we going to the town to buy today." ”
Luo Yao fumbled around, not wanting them to worry about himself.
Qingxia Town in the early morning, the sound of people is boiling, the river is endless, at a glance, the wine shops and teahouses on both sides, pawnshop workshops, the windward flag fluttering, the rising sun sprinkles a faint afterglow, adding a bit of hazy poetry to the streets with red walls and green tiles.
Qingxia Town is a boxy town with a small river two miles wide in the middle, which flows to Bianhu Lake, which is ten miles away. There were very few bandits in the town, but there were a few ruffians, so the gates of the city were simply low fences placed in order, and there were no so-called soldiers to guard them. The town is divided into the East City and the West Market, and in the center is an arch bridge called Tong'an Bridge. On the east side of the bridge is Higashi City.
A cursory look at the bazaar shows that it is crowded and disorganized, and if you look closely, these people are people from different trades, and there are some vendors with knives, scissors, and groceries on the stalls. There are those who sell tea, there are fortune tellers, and there are acrobatic performances. Luo Yao was dazzled, and Aunt Wang said that today is the annual harvest festival in Qingxia Town, and the market was full of red lanterns the day before, looking really festive and auspicious. Every year, during the harvest festival, there are many families who go out to the market to buy, and some nimble merchants will hold various activities on the day of the Midyear Festival, such as the kind of activities that buy more cheaply, which is very popular with customers.
"Old man, I plan to buy a decent set of clothes for my family, and the little girl's family doesn't like to wear my wife's clothes every day. Aunt Wang pinched Luo Yao's palm with her hand and said to Uncle Wang.
"It's been a long time and we've done so much hard work for us, which we should do. ”
Uncle Wang glanced at Luo Yao, saw her expression of wanting to refuse, and hurriedly said.
The family happily walked into a famous shop in Dongshi one after another, the bronzing font Cheng clothing shop was inlaid on the black plaque, and the rows of cabinets were dazzling with dazzling ready-to-wear garments. As soon as I entered the back room, it was crowded with women, girls and children.
"There are too many people today, why don't we go to other stores first, and then pick them later?"
Uncle Wang saw that the house was full of people, and he really didn't want to squeeze in.
"The top 10 people in our store will get a free set of ready-to-wear at the same price, on a first-come, first-served basis. ”
At the right time, the shopkeeper standing at the door shouted hard with a big voice.
When Aunt Wang heard this, she hurriedly pulled her uncle's sleeve and squeezed it in. In the crowd, Luo Yao was pushed and squeezed into the cabinet in the center of the store.
"Ouch, whose wild girl is this, she looks poor and sour, her eyes are so weird, I'm afraid she is a blind person, she rubbed the old lady's clothes into folds, stay away from Mrs. Ben, the smell on her body is smoky Mrs. Ben. ”
A lady dressed up in a flamboyant fashion pointed at Luo Yao and scolded. The hairpin with her head swaying, making a tinkling sound, the angry orchid fingers, holding the peach-colored silk handkerchief, with colorful clothes, really like the old bustard in the flower lane.
"Old goblin" Luo Yao scolded in a low voice, but unexpectedly the old woman's hearing was good.
"Stinky girl, who are you scolding, do you know who Mrs. Ben is?
The woman was suddenly angry and was about to pull Luo Yao with her hand, but Luo Yao saw the situation and avoided it. The other women in the shop apparently recognized who the shrewd who was scolding was, and they all hid far away, and even walked out of the clothing store directly, not wanting to provoke right and wrong.
Seeing that the situation was serious, Aunt Wang hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Luo Yao's left hand, took her behind her, and squeezed out a reluctant smirk, "I'm sorry, madam, the little girl didn't know how to bump into you, please forgive the little girl for your mistakes." ”
Uncle Wang was about to step forward to help, but at this time, there was a coquettish laughter at the door, Luo Yao quietly stretched out his neck, wearing a goose-yellow robe, a tall and slender figure crashed into his eyes, and the woman was followed by five or six maids, full of style.
"It's actually the eldest lady of the Fang family, I heard that Miss Fang will be picked up by her ancestor in a few days and go to Xianshan to learn academically. A little girl next to her whispered to the girl on the left who was wearing peach pink. When Fang Mingyu entered the house, the noise stopped instantly.
"Why, as soon as I came, it suddenly became quiet, and no one said anything? Is this Miss Ben?" Fang Mingyu asked jokingly.
"Ouch, Miss Fang, you are so sorry for the old man, you can come to the small clothing shop, it is a gift from the humble house, Miss Fang, how about giving you some discounts on all the ready-to-wear clothes in this store?" An old man bent over, carried his body, and came out of the counter neatly, and offered his courtesy to Fang Mingyu, obviously this flattering old man was the shopkeeper of the sincere clothing shop.
"Shopkeeper, you're welcome, Miss Ben is just planning to buy some new clothes for her mother before leaving. ”
Fang Mingyu waved his hand and said casually, saying kind words on his lips, but his arrogant expression showed that Fang Mingyu was invincible.
Fang Mingyu and his entourage unhurriedly selected around the cabinet, Luo Yao followed Aunt Wang and the two of them stood in the right corner of the door when Fang Mingyu entered the house.
Luo Yao glanced at the shrew who was dressed like an old bustard just now, but found that the shrew was tidying up her clothes, thinking that she was going to shoot Fang Mingyu's fart, Luo Yao thought in his heart. Unexpectedly, the horse's fart was not filmed, but it was slapped on the horse's hooves.
After the shrew was tidied up, she grovelled and walked towards Fang Mingyu, with a flattering look, her face squeezed into a chrysanthemum.
Said to Fang Mingyu, "Ouch, Miss Fang, you are really a famous filial daughter in our town, not only is she a good person, but she is also very modest, and she is worthy of being the first beauty in Qingxia Town, no, the first beauty in Blue Wolf City." ”
The shrew's words successfully diverted Fang Mingyu's attention to her.
"Who are you, what are you doing?" Fang Mingyu glanced at the bewitching woman, and his eyebrows revealed a little disgust.
The shrew, who obviously didn't have any eyesight, didn't notice Fang Mingyu's dislike.
Still replied with great interest: "Miss Fang, the concubine is the wife of the mayor of Qingxia Town, and for a noble person like you, it is simply a blessing for the concubine to be able to talk to you." ”
"Oh? It turned out to be the mayor's wife, and Shu Mingyu was clumsy. Fang Mingyu raised his eyebrows and replied.
"Don't dare, don't dare, Miss Fang will be a fairy-like character in the future, how can I compare with untouched people and reckless people, and we will need Miss Fang to take care of it in Qingxia Town in the future." ”
As soon as the shrew heard Fang Mingyu's words, she immediately smiled brighter than the Qiu Ju placed outside the door.
Luo Yaoben lowered his head, listless, and when he heard the shrew's words, he was immediately annoyed, and almost killed her with his eyes.
"Madam, be cautious, untouchables are not used casually, Mingyu's family is still staying in Qingxia Town, does Madame think that the mother who gave birth to me and raised me is also a pariah in your mouth? Fang Mingyu disliked the so-called mayor's wife even more, full of flattery, but she didn't hide her mouth.
"I'm sorry, Miss Fang, it's the concubine who can't speak, the concubine is old, so she just said some nonsense, please Miss Fang don't take the nonsense just now to heart. As soon as the shrew heard Fang Mingyu's reprimand, she trembled in response, afraid of being blamed by Fang Mingyu.
"Okay, just now Miss Ben didn't hear it, Miss Ben picked out her clothes and prepared to leave. Fang Mingyu was too lazy to deal with it, and directly beckoned the maid behind him to pay the bill, just walked to the door, glanced at Luo Yao's family who were dressed in simple clothes at the door, and turned around to leave the clothing shop.
After Fang Mingyu left, the mayor's wife wiped the cold sweat on her face, her face was pale, with bright red lips, she was like a dead soul. Frightened by this, the shrew packed up and left with the clothes she had bought, not daring to cause any more trouble.
After Fang Mingyu and the shrew left, the Cheng clothing shop became popular again, Luo Yao quietly followed Aunt Wang to look at the dazzling array of clothes, and Aunt Wang finally chose a set of light cyan simple robes for Luo Yao.